dockyard

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Sandwich would go on to reshape naval procurement and dockyards, and with his pursuit of modern ship design became critical to the 18th-century Royal Navy’s expansion into the world’s biggest industrial unit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

The Associated Press got rare access aboard a French navy Rubis-class submarine as it was being readied for another mission in sprawling naval dockyards in the Mediterranean port of Toulon.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Most of the crew members aboard the George Washington commute to work to the dockyards where the USS George Washington is undergoing repairs.

From Washington Times • May 3, 2022

Containers stored in the dockyards of one of the largest ports in Africa have been totally washed away.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022

But Hans is a shipbuilding apprentice at the dockyards, and Helmuth rarely sees him at all.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti